Ganga River
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Boat carrying 40 capsizes in Ganga near Patna; at least 21 dead
India | Jan 14, 2017, 11:12 PM ISTIn an unfortunate incident, a boat carrying 40 people capsized in the Ganga river near Patna today evening. Of the 40, eight people have been rescued and are being treated in hospital, whereas, the body
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Not everybody gets Gangajal at home, you are lucky: Lalu’s pun on flood situation
National | Aug 25, 2016, 05:36 PM ISTAt a time when the flood situation in the state is worsening by the day, claiming at least 19 lives and leaving millions marooned, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav said yesterday that
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Government committed to make Namami Gange a success: Arun Jaitley
National | Sep 11, 2015, 02:45 PM ISTKollam (Kerala): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said that the Centre was determined to make the Namami Gange project a big success like the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in three to four years.He said
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Ganga Rejuvenation: Many failed attempts over 30 years
India | Aug 10, 2015, 03:06 PM ISTAn analysis of the initiatives highlighted in the report card for Ganga rejuvenation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government shows that larger initiatives have been previously launched to construct sewage treatment plants. Those plans failed. The
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Govt officials, local authorities discuss Ganga clean-up
India | Apr 30, 2015, 07:21 AM ISTKanpur: A group of central government officials yesterday met local municipal authorities and the Jal Board here and discussed with them issues related to cleaning of the Ganga river.The meeting proposed to prohibit the discharge
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Sarus cranes missing in UP; forest department seeks help from NGOs and photographers
India | Jan 21, 2015, 02:48 PM ISTNew Delhi: Survey carried out to record the number of Sarus birds in Uttar Pradesh is almost over, but surveyors are yet to locate a single bird yet in Ghaziabad district.The forest department has now
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Mulling Varanasi branch of central water research station: Uma Bharati
National | Nov 06, 2014, 11:58 AM ISTVaranasi: The Central government is mulling a proposal for opening a branch of the Central Water and Power Research Station in Varanasi with a view to intensifying study and research on rivers in the region,
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Modi's vision is to achieve goal of clean Ganga: Government tells SC
National | Oct 16, 2014, 07:39 AM ISTNew Delhi: The NDA government asserted before the Supreme Court that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious clean Ganga plan has a ‘vision' to achieve the goal of 'aviral' (uninterrupted) and 'nirmal' (clean) river."The ultimate (plan
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Save Ganga mission: Indigenous trees to enhance water flow
India | Oct 12, 2014, 02:52 PM ISTNew Delhi: As the Narendra Modi government gears up with its mammoth mission to clean the river Ganga, details are being worked out to plant thousands of indigenous trees with high water retention in the
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Industries along Ganga should adopt self-regulatory measures: Uma
National | Oct 09, 2014, 07:25 AM ISTNew Delhi: Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Wednesday said industries along the Ganga river can contribute a lot in the mission to clean the river by adopting self-regulatory measures to check pollution.Addressing a
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Cleaning Ganga will take 18 years and massive investment: Centre to SC
India | Sep 24, 2014, 07:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: After being rapped by the Supreme Court for its approach to clean Ganga, the Narendra Modi government has placed before it a blueprint of short, medium and long term measures that spread over
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Ganga reaches danger level mark in many places in Bihar
India | Aug 22, 2014, 08:10 PM ISTPatna: As the water level of the Ganga and many other rivers reached the danger level mark at many places in Bihar, the Water Resources Department (WRD) today cautioned about floods in the state.WRD secretary
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Neglected Varanasi is now the focus of all attention
India | Aug 06, 2014, 05:09 PM ISTVaranasi: Neglected by civic and state authorities all these years, both the union and Uttar Pradesh governments are now competing to clean up and develop Varanasi, now represented in parliament by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.A
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Narendra Modi expresses sadness over boat capsize incident in Varanasi
India | Aug 06, 2014, 09:07 AM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his sadness over the capsizing of a boat in Ganga River in Varanasi. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his sadness over the capsizing of a boat
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Rather than dollars, we need ideas, knowledge: PM Narendra Modi to World Bank President
India | Jul 24, 2014, 10:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today told World Bank President Jim Yong Kim that India requires ideas, knowledge and expertise "rather than dollars" as there is a need to focus on developing a base
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Budget converts hope into trust, says Narendra Modi
National | Jul 10, 2014, 06:16 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday said the NDA government's first budget converts hopes and aspirations of the people into trust, and expressed confidence that it will take India to newer heights."This budget is
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Hindu devotees offer 51,000 metre long cloth to holy Ganges on 'Ganga Dussehra'
India | Jun 08, 2014, 09:31 PM ISTKanpur: Marking the auspicious Hindu festival, ‘Ganga Dussehra', which commemorates birth of the river on earth, the Hindu devotees in the Kanpur city, Uttar Pradesh offered a 51,000 meter-long cloth to holy river Ganges on
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Nine killed as bus plunges into river
India | May 07, 2014, 12:32 PM ISTTehri, Uttarakhand: Nine persons were killed and 31 others injured when a roadways bus plunged 300 metres down the road into the River Ganga at Saknidhar in Tehri district today.The roadways bus carrying 52 passengers
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Australia extends help to check pollution in Ganga river
India | Jun 27, 2013, 11:50 AM ISTKolkata, Jun 27: To save the Ganga from industrial pollution, the Victorian government in Australia is preparing an eco-friendly business model for tanneries, which discharge effluents into the river.Experts from 'Sustainability Victoria', an Australian agency
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Eight youths drown in the Ganga river
India | Mar 28, 2013, 07:49 AM ISTKanpur, Mar 28: At least eight youths drowned in two separate incidents while bathing in the Ganga river after taking part in the Holi revelry here in the city yesterday.A group of five boys went